Meaning of Reservoir | Babel Free
ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː(ɹ)Definitions
- A place where anything is kept in store.
- A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia
- A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
- A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
- A supply or source of something.
- A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
- A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
hövzə
Български
склад
Català
embassament
Cymraeg
cronfa
Français
réservoir
Հայերեն
ջրամբար
日本語
貯水池
ქართული
წყალსაცავი
Қазақша
суқойма
Latviešu
ūdenskrātuve
Македонски
резервоар
Bahasa Melayu
takungan
Română
rezervor
Slovenčina
nádrž
Svenska
reservoar
ไทย
อ่างเก็บน้ำ
اردو
حوض
Tiếng Việt
kho
Examples
“Notwithstanding the way in which she had, in what she termed "the delicacy of her feelings," contrived to pour⟳ the receipts of the fancy fair into one reservoir, the duke and several other persons complimented Lady Anne very much on the superior beauty and value of her articles,...”
“The vehicle is fitted with Westinghouse electro-pneumatic brake, and also a Northey exhauster with vacuum chamber and auxiliary reservoir adjacent to the guard's compartment for use⟳ when hauling vehicles equipped with vacuum brake gear.”
“Within a printer cartridge, ink is typically stored in an ink reservoir and is deposited onto media through a print⟳ head.”
“To replace⟳ them and also to provide⟳ a reservoir for relief trains, a certain amount of spare⟳ stock⟳ must be kept on hand.”
“The goal is to draw⟳ on reservoirs of strength that defy rational thought, so you can wrench your poor, obsessed spirit away from work⟳ and orient it toward stuff that matters.”
“Bats host⟳ many high-profile viruses that can infect⟳ humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study⟳ explored the ecological variables that may contribute⟳ to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order⟳ of common reservoir hosts: rodents.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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